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Two occupants of a car that plunged into a freezing Oslo fjord escaped unharmed when a floating sauna came to their rescue, Norwegian police have said. A video obtained by NTB on Thursday shows the Tesla, partially submerged in the water, with its occupants sitting on the roof. The car can be seen sinking under the water just as the floating sauna pulls up next to it and people on the sauna boat pull the motorists from the freezing waters…

Credit: ESA/Planetary Visions Satellites play a vital role in monitoring the rapid changes taking place in the Arctic. Tracking ice lost from the world's glaciers, ice sheets and frozen land shows that Earth is losing ice at an accelerating rate. Using information from ESA's ERS, Envisat and CryoSat satellites as well as the Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2…

Far From Saints – Kelly Jones of Stereophonics, with Patty Lynn and Dwight Baker from The Wind and The Wave – has announced a warm-up show at London’s Oslo on Saturday 25th March 2023.Tickets go on sale at 9:00am on Thursday 16th March. The news follows their recently announced performance at The Royal Albert Hall for Teenage Cancer Trust on Sunday 26th March and their sold-out London show at EartH Theatre on Monday 5th June.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Foiea-ggEaQThe band will also be hitting the festival circuit…

As someone who uses an electric scooter to get around town, I can attest that an electric means of commuting makes my life much easier (and saves me cash on gas). However, if you're looking for something more robust than an electric scooter, take a look at the Huffy Oslo folding electric bike. At a massive 70% off, you can score this electric bike for only $310 at Wellbots, meaning you save $889 -- an all-time low for this model.to save hundreds of dollars.To see if another model suits your needs better, you can also…

Oslo is on course to become the first capital city in the world with an all-electric public transport system, targeting that goal for the end of 2023 as part of its aim to become the world's first wholly emissions-free city by 2030. The transport push entails replacing its diesel-fuelled buses with 450 electric ones, under a 500 million crown ($47 million) programme that Sirin Stav, Vice-Mayor responsible for environment and transport, said will save the city money over the long term.Read Also "The maintenance is cheaper,…

International travel may still have its challenges.But finding a solid hotel for a business trip isn't one of them.     CNBC Travel and the market data firm Statista today release a ranking of the "Best Hotels for Business Travelers" in Europe.This is the first ranking of its kind between CNBC and Statista, who are also releasing hotel rankings in the Middle East today. Asia-Pacific rankings were published in September.In total, we analyzed more than 10,000 four- and five-star hotels in 117 locations to produce lists…

On Sunday the Future Library, a project dreamed up by the Scottish artist Katie Paterson, was opened to the public in Oslo. After eight years, manuscripts penned by some of the world’s most famous living authors were delivered to “The silent room” on the top floor of the Deichman library, where they will remain for the next 92 years.Four of the Future Library’s eight authors travelled to personally slide their manuscripts into one of the 100 glass drawers in the room constructed from 100 layers of undulating carved wood.…